What are the Advantages of LED Tennis Court Lighting?

LED, metal halide and halogen lamps are common light sources for tennis court lighting. What is the best lighting? Choosing the right light source will not only save you money on running costs and maintenance, but we can have a brighter tennis court and improve the user experience for tennis players. In this article, we will explain to you why LED is a better light source for tennis courts and the advantages of LED over metal halide and halogen lamps.

What are the advantages of LED lights for tennis court?

LED tennis court lights have lower operating costs

LED lights have become very common in indoor and outdoor tennis courts. A bright lighting is very important because it keeps tennis players safe and gives them a clear view of the tennis net and fast moving balls.

After replacing metal halide and halogen lamps with LED tennis court lights, you will immediately feel its advantage – energy saving. Since we can replace 1000W of metal halide lights with 250W of LED lights, we can reduce our energy usage by 75%, thus reducing our electricity bill. Or, we can reduce the amount of lighting used on the tennis court after replacing the LEDs. If we need 20 metal halide lamps in a tennis court, we may need about 4 to 6 LED lamps of the same wattage. Therefore, retrofitting tennis court lighting has become a very popular practice nowadays

This is quite beneficial for commercial and residential tennis courts as we can directly reduce the running costs in terms of tennis court lighting. While we can save a little bit of cost every day, when it comes to months or years, it becomes more important. We can reduce our carbon footprint and save money. As a result, more and more tennis court managers are starting to convert their lighting to LED lights.

LED tennis court lights save you money on maintenance

You are right, we can save more money by using LED lights because we don’t have to replace the tennis court lights in about 30 years. LedsMaster’s LED tennis court lighting solutions have a life span of 150,000 hours.

Traditional lighting solutions such as metal halide and halogen lamps have a lifespan of 10,000 to 20,000 hours. Replacing tennis court lighting with LEDs is beneficial because we can save on maintenance and replacement costs. Re-installing lighting will result in a lot of money, so why not choose lights that will work for over 30 years – LED lights?

Anti-glare tennis court LED lights

Intense glare tends to strain the eyes of tennis players and spectators alike. LedsMaster’s tennis court lighting has a patented optical design that reduces glare by up to 95%, so tennis players can enjoy their tennis matches at night. Most metal halide and halogen lights do not have this feature, so your eyes may be tired after 30 minutes of playing tennis on these courts.

The unpleasant harsh glare can affect the performance of tennis players, and they may even be unable to serve because of the intense light. By using LED lights, we can easily reduce the glare.

Better color rendering for LED lights in tennis court

Tennis is a popular sport in the world and there are many amazing tennis events such as Wimbledon, ATP Tour, Australian Open, etc. These televised tournaments require professional lighting. LED tennis court lights can meet the stringent requirements because it has a special high CRI of 95+.

With high CRI lighting, tennis players can see the true color of the tennis court surface and the camera can capture the true color of every corner of the tennis court. LedsMaster’s tennis court lighting is designed for 4K broadcasting, and we have a team of lighting engineers who focus on improving the quality of LEDs from time to time.

Dimming capability of LED lights

In different types of tennis courts, we need different lux levels. For example, if the tennis court is designed for professional competition, we need brighter lights, and we need dimmed lights for recreational purposes. If the tennis court is designed for regional competition and recreational purposes, LED lights are a good choice because we can easily dim the lights to accommodate the different lux requirements of the tennis court, and we can easily adjust the lux level from 200 lux to 800 lux or higher to serve

LED tennis lights can work in extreme temperatures

Metal halide or halogen lamps do not work properly in very hot or cold weather. If the temperature is too low or too high, the intensity of the lighting can easily drop.

We can eliminate this problem by using LED lights. Thanks to solid-state technology, LED tennis court lights can operate between -50°C and 50°C. This is why LED lights are often used in outdoor tennis courts. If there is a big temperature difference between day and night, LED lights are the best choice.

Wide range of lighting beam angles

All tennis courts are different because they may have different light pole layouts such as 4-pole, 6-pole and 8-pole. In order to provide bright and even lighting for tennis courts, we can take advantage of the different beam angles of tennis court lighting so that the light reaches every corner of the playing field evenly. We offer different beam angles to suit a variety of indoor and outdoor tennis courts. We also have spotlights and floodlights for tennis courts. Metal halide and halogen lights have a limited beam angle due to the traditional structural design. We can solve this problem by replacing the tennis court lighting with LEDs.

Instant on and off of tennis court lighting

By converting tennis court lighting to LED, we can enjoy instant on and off, thus saving time costs.

If you use metal halide lights in your tennis courts, you may have already experienced a 10 to 15 minute warm-up time. It takes us 10 minutes to turn on and then 10 minutes to turn off. This is certainly very inconvenient, especially for commercial tennis clubs or tennis courts that host national tournaments.

However, this is not the case with LED. LED lights on tennis courts can be turned on and off in less than a second.

Reducing heat and UV lights in tennis courts

Did you know that incandescent lamps convert more than 90% of their energy into heat? For example, for a 1000W incandescent lamp, about 900W of energy is wasted as heat. This is undesirable because such a light source can easily heat up a tennis court, so players and spectators will feel uncomfortable. This situation is more serious in summer.

Why are LED lights better on tennis courts? The advantage is that LED lights can convert 95% of the energy into visible light. This means that almost all of the energy is used as light, so the heat is not very noticeable at the same power consumption of an incandescent or metal halide lamp.

LED lights also don’t produce UV light like halogen bulbs do. This is because LED tennis court lights can selectively emit light in the visible region, whereas halogen or incandescent lamps emit full-spectrum light that contains UV light. Therefore, LED lights are better for both indoor and outdoor tennis courts.

If you would like more information about LED tennis court lighting or would like a free lighting consultation, please feel free to contact us.